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Center township, Wapello County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile

Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)

Center township:

0.0%
Whole state:

3.1%

46% of Center township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 31% lived in Iowa.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 319
  • Northeast: 7
  • Midwest: 71
  • South: 70
  • West: 8

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.0%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

  • Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.1% of all households

People in group quarters in Center township, Iowa:

  • 376 people in nursing homes
  • 373 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
  • 96 people in other group homes
  • 53 people in halfway houses
  • 35 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
  • 22 people in homes for the mentally retarded
  • 13 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Center township, IA map Center township, Iowa satellite photo by USGS

Housing units in structures:


Median worth of mobile homes: $30,000


Housing units in Center township with a mortgage: 52 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 39

Year house built

  • 1999 to March 2000: 11
  • 1995 to 1998: 46
  • 1990 to 1994: 12
  • 1980 to 1989: 23
  • 1970 to 1979: 28
  • 1960 to 1969: 25
  • 1950 to 1959: 14
  • 1940 to 1949: 9
  • 1939 or earlier: 23

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Center township, Iowa:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 0
  • 3 rooms: 0
  • 4 rooms: 6
  • 5 rooms: 48
  • 6 rooms: 29
  • 7 rooms: 16
  • 8 rooms: 2
  • 9 or more rooms: 10

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Center township, Iowa:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 0
  • 3 rooms: 4
  • 4 rooms: 17
  • 5 rooms: 22
  • 6 rooms: 4
  • 7 rooms: 9
  • 8 rooms: 6
  • 9 or more rooms: 0

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Center township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 2
  • 2 bedrooms: 14
  • 3 bedrooms: 78
  • 4 bedrooms: 13
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 4

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Center township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 4
  • 2 bedrooms: 32
  • 3 bedrooms: 22
  • 4 bedrooms: 4
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 0

Cars and other vehicles available in Center township in owner-occupied houses/condos:

  • no vehicle: 2
  • 1 vehicle: 20
  • 2 vehicles: 62
  • 3 vehicles: 21
  • 4 vehicles: 6
  • 5 or more vehicles: 0

Cars and other vehicles available in Center township in renter-occupied apartments

  • no vehicle: 3
  • 1 vehicle: 23
  • 2 vehicles: 27
  • 3 vehicles: 9
  • 4 vehicles: 0
  • 5 or more vehicles: 0

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders ($)

Most common industries for males (%):

  • Metal and metal products (25%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (23%)
  • Construction (10%)
  • Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (7%)
  • Transportation equipment (4%)
  • Truck transportation (3%)
  • Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)

Most common industries for females (%):

  • Health care (21%)
  • Educational services (14%)
  • Accommodation and food services (9%)
  • Metal and metal products (7%)
  • Warehousing and storage (7%)
  • Printing and related support activities (6%)
  • Finance and insurance (6%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

  • Agricultural workers including supervisors (12%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
  • Farmers and farm managers (8%)
  • Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (5%)
  • Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (5%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

  • Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
  • Registered nurses (7%)
  • Health technologists and technicians (7%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (7%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
  • Waiters and waitresses (6%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Center township:

  • United States or American (30.2%)
  • Irish (12.8%)
  • German (11.5%)
  • English (5.9%)
  • European (4.3%)
  • Scotch-Irish (4.3%)
  • Scottish (2.6%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

  • Canada (67%)

Means of transportation to work:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (43%)
  • Utility gas (29%)
  • Electricity (20%)
  • Wood (8%)

People in group quarters in Center township, Iowa:

  • 376 people in nursing homes
  • 373 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
  • 96 people in other group homes
  • 53 people in halfway houses
  • 35 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
  • 22 people in homes for the mentally retarded
  • 13 people in other noninstitutional group quarters

95.6% of residents of Center township speak English at home.
4.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (58% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 16% speak English not well).

Household type by relationship:

Households: 478

Size of family households: 43 2-persons, 44 3-persons, 30 4-persons, 16 5-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,

Size of nonfamily households: 32 1-person, 4 2-persons,

3,947 married couples with children.
1,663 single-parent households (338 men, 1,325 women).


Private vs. public school enrollment:


Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
Here:

0.0%
Iowa:

10.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
Here:

12.1%
Iowa:

7.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here:

0.0%
Iowa:

25.4%

Educational Attainment (%)

School Enrollment by Level of School (%)


Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Center township:

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